Accounting and the uke machines



April 9, 1940. E. BREITLING ACCOUNTING AND THE LIKE MACHINES Filed Aug.5, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inremor Ernst Breitling By W April 1940- A E.BREITLING 2,196,382

ACCOUNTING AND THE LIKE MACHINES Inventor Ernst Breitling His AzforneyApril 9, 1940. E. BREITLING ACCOUNTING AND THE LIKE MACHINES Filed Aug.5, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Invenfor Ernst Breitling His Aflorney April 9,1940. E. BREITLING ACCOUNTING AND THE LIKE MACHINES Filed Aug. 5, 1935 5Sheets-Sheet 4 fhvenlor Ernst Breitling y I Hi5 Attorney April 9, 1940.E. BREITLING 2,196,382

ACCOUNTING AND THE LIKE MACHINES Filed Aug. 5, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet 5Inrenfor Ermt Breitling Patented Apr. 9, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE ACCOUNTING AND THE LIKE MACHINES land Application August 5, 1935,Serial No. 34,765 In Germany November 12, 1934 7 Claims. (01. 197-124)The invention relates to accounting and the like machines used in banksand other business oflices for handling different groups of accounts ascustomer and business accounts.

" An object of the invention is to adapt the printing device of such amachine for properly printmg once or several times on record material inaccordance with the kind of item entering or balancing operations.

Another object of the invention is to control line spacing in accordancewith the transaction set up.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for locking themachine when in tabulatingoperations the lines of the record materialavailable are exhausted.

Further objects of the invention will be pointed out in the followingdetailed description with reference to the annexed drawings.

A preferred form of an embodiment of the invention is shown in theannexed drawings.

' Of said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view showing the control keys and the connection fromthese keys to the linespacing mechanism.-

Fig. 2 is a side view of the balance key bank, showing the connectionbetween this bank and the ledger keyboard.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the balance key bank,

showing the connection with the automatic linespacing mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a view of a part of the line-spacing mechanism.

Fig. 5'shows in front view the arrangement of the printer.

' Figs. 6 and 7, taken together, show a front view of the upper portionof the printing table with the controls for linespacing set by adepressed transaction key.

Figs. 8 and 9, taken together, show a top view of the upper portion ofthe printing table and the automatic line-spacingdevice. I

Fig. 10 is-a cross section through the upper printing table along theline XX of Fig. 8.

5 Fig. 11 is a detail of the upper printing table taken along the lineXI-XI in Fig. 9.

Fig. 12 is a section through the locking mecha-. nism taken along theline XII-XII in Fig. 9.

General description The printing device, the structure of which may beof any well known type, is particularly adapted according to theinvention for making records during various operations of the machine.The

two lower printing positions of the printing device function in a wellknown manner.

of the two upper printing positions of the printing mechanism, the oneis provided for printing in a well known manner upon the audit 5 stripwhile the other is provided for printing on a business account card, onwhich, however, are recorded only the amounts of deposits orwithdrawals. Since a list contains normally items of the same class andtherefore the entries have 10 to be made onto the same business account,all the transactions are printed upon the same business account card.For the proper line spacing of the card, the printing tablepertinent tothis printing position, is automatically line spaced 15 by the machinedrive after each print when it has been moved manually out of its restposition, and set to any desired line.

When the printing table has arrived at its end position after the lastline is imprinted, the ma- 20 chine release is locked so that theoperator is reminded of the fact that the business account card is to bereplaced.

Detailed description An accounting machine, to which the novel featuresaccording to the invention are applied, is shown and described in thecopending application, SerialNo. 522,053 of March 12', 1931, now UnitedStates Patent No. 2,052,444, which issued 30 August 25, 1936, and towhich reference may be had for a more detailed description.

The machine is provided with a key board comprising, besides the usualseveral amount key banks (not shown), one bank each of debit and 35credit keys of which the keys 2| are associated with the customer debitaccounts, the keys 22 with the business debit accounts, the keys 23 withthe customer credit accounts, and the keys 24 with the business creditaccounts. In addi- 40 tion thereto, the usual keys I l and I2 areprovided for the old credit and debit balances, the blind keys I! and I8for the new credit and debit balances, and the transaction keys areduplicated, that is, the keys I3, M for transferring amounts 45 from acustomer account to a business account, or from a business account to acustomer account respectively, and the keys I 5, I 6 for the transfersfrom one customer account to another customer account, or from onebusiness account to 5 another business account respectively.

Due to the fact that the transaction keys are duplicated, a keyinterlocking mechanism (see Fig. 1) is arranged which permits only onetransaction key necessary at the time to be depressed. 55

For this purpose the debit key bank has rockably mounted thereon adetent 25 connected, by means of a link 26, arm 21, sleeve 28, arm 29and link 30, to a detent 3i arranged in the balance key bank, in such away that by depressing a debit key 2I or 22 the detent 3I is movedupward. In the same manner a detent 32, associated with the credit keys23 and 24, is connected by means of the parts 33, 34, 35, 36, 31 to adetent 38 of the balance key bank, so that by pressing a credit key 23or 24 the detent 38 is moved upward.

The detent 3| is provided with locking projections which, when no debitkey is depressed, pass under the pins of the transaction keys I3, I4 andI5 thus locking them against being depressed, while the pin of the keyI6 is faced by a radial slot of the detent. If the locking slide 3| ismoved upward by depressing a debit key, a locking projection is movedbeneath the pin of the key I6, while the pins of the other transactionkeys I3, I4 and I5 are faced by radial slots of the detent 3|. Thedetent 38 is formed in a similar manner, which detent in normalposition, that means, when no credit key is depressed, locks thetransaction keys I3, I4 and 56 by means of its locking projectionswhereas a radial slot lies opposite the pin of the key I5. If,bydepressing a credit key, the detent 38 is moved upward, it releases bymeans of its radial slots the keys I3, I4 and I6 and locks, now, the keyI5. As a consequence of the two cooperating detents 3i and 38 beingarranged in the manner described, all of the keys I3, I4, I5, and I6 areheld looked as long as neither a debit nor a credit key is depressed. Ifa credit key 23 or 24 is depressed, the deposit key I6 for singleentries is released, as, now, the two detents 3I and 38 are located sothat one radial slot each thereof lies opposite the pin of the key I6,while all the other transaction keys are locked. In the same manner, bydepressing a debit key 2I or 22, only the withdrawal key 5 for singleentries is released. If a debit key and a credit key are depressed, boththe detents 3i and 38 are moved upward and, thereby, the two transactionkeys I5 and I6 for single entries are locked, and the two transactionkeys I3 and I4 for double entries released.

The details of the operations controlled by these keys do not enter intothe invention being claimed and will not be described further herein.

A printing device of any well known type is arranged in the machine,being provided with two sets of printing types I and II to print at fourprinting points a, b, c and d (Fig. 5).

At the printing point a the audit strip BI is imprinted so that eachsingle entry (old balance,

transaction, new balance) with all the data set up (amount, customernumber, transaction character and consecutive number) appears in aseparate line. At the printing point I) the respective customer card 92is imprinted with all the data of a complete balance entry, and therebyeach deposit or withdrawal is recorded and the new balance indicated onthe account of the respective customer or depositor. Simultaneously-withthe print of the customer ledger card the notification 93 or thestatement of account for the customer is printed at c. When atransaction appertaining to two business accounts is to be recorded, thetwo lower printing places b and c are actuated. At (1 only the databelonging to a transaction entry are printed upon the card inserted.When an amount is to be transferred from one customer account to anotherone, a. control voucher is printed at this printing place.

In all the other transactions, in which a business account is concerned,the amount of the transaction is printed upon the ledger card 94 for therespective business account at d.

As it is customary to collect for a certain period, say a day, the itemsto be transferred from customer account to a certain business account,and then to post them successively, the same business account card isemployed and the printing table at printing position d is adapted forline spacing and provided with an automatic line spacing device, so thatthe business account ledger card inserted can remain in its positionduring all the entries to be entered on the respective business account,and is fed automatically from line to line.

For this purpose the printing table at printing position d isconstructed as now will be described:

The printer frame I00 has secured thereto a stationary plate Illl (Figs.4 and 6 to 12) having a recess I02 for the printing hammer I03. On thisplate a card frame I04 to receive the business account card is arrangedto be shifted longitudinally. Fast on the frame I04 is a bar I05provided with an extension I06. Fast on the said extension is a handleI01 having a pointed end IOIa gliding on a scale I68 connected to thestationary plate WI. The bar I05 is provided with a rack I89 adapted tocooperate with a control lever H0. The latter is provided with tworollers III, II2, the roller III being guided in a slot II3 of the plateIOI and the roller II2 engaging a recess IIA of the plate IOI. A springI I5 fastened to the roller III tends to drag the control lever forward,whereupon the bevelled surface of the recess I I 4, cooperating with theroller IIZ, tends to impart to the control lever a shortcounter-clockwise movement. Initially, this is prevented because a pinII6 of the control lever is engaged by a rod II1' having its other endlinked to a two-armed lever II8 pivoted at H9 and connected by a linkI26 toa lever I2I mounted on a stud I22 and, normally, engaging aboveand below, under the action of a spring I 25a, stationary stops I23 andI24 respectively. The stud I22 is provided on a slide I25shiftablysupported by the shafts I26 and I21. Slide I25 is provided with a rollerI28. A cam I29 secured to the shaft I25, performing a full revolution inclockwise direction during each machine operation, cooperates with theroller I28 and moves the slide I25 by a certain space to the right. Alsoa locking means is arranged so as to engage from the right hand side theupper arm of the lever I21. This locking extension consists of a flapI30 rotatably mounted on ashaft I3I and provided with an arm I32pivotally connected to a rod I33. This rod I33 is connected by a linkageI6I to I64 to a detent I65 (Figs. 3 and 7) cooperating by its bevelsurface with the transaction keys I3 to I6 in such a manner that bydepressing one of these transaction keys it is moved downward. The flapI30 connected with said detent I65 is moved thus opposite theupperportion oi the lever IZI, while whenno transaction key isdepressed, the said flap I 30 is held by a spring I34 out of the path ofthe lever I2I.

Thus, when due to the fact that no transaction key is depressed, theflap I39 is outside of the path of the lever I2I, this lever is drivenby the slide I25 and rocked clockwise about I22. Thus the linkage I20,H8, H1, H0 is not moved.

When, however, upon depressing one of the transaction keys I3 to I6 theflap I30 is moved opposite the lever I2 I, the upper end of the latter,

when the slide I25 is driven, is rocked counterclockwise, and thereat bythe linkage I20, H8, II 1 the lever IIO counter-clockwisely about thepin III. During this movement of the lever its 1 pivotal point III ismoved in the slot II3 outward under the action of the spring H5 and ofthe inclined surface of the recess II4, so that the feed nose IIOa ofthe lever I I engages the rack I09 and advances it. If the card frameI04 with the rod I05 and the pointer I0I are in their normal positionsshown in Figs. 4 and 9, this control movement of the lever I I0 does nothave any effeet, as no tooth of the rack I05 lies in the path of thefeed nose IIOa.

The printing table is set to rest position whenever, in connection witha single entry only, a single-line of a record material is to beimprinted, that is, when the table remains always in the same position.A spring actuated locking lever I 36 is pivoted to the stationary plateI M and'provided with a roller I 31 entering the gap between two teethof the rack I05 and thus holding the printing table in the respectiveposition set to.

If the printing table is adjusted by hand to the first or any other linedesired, the teeth I09 of the rack I 05 are moved in the path of thefeed nose IIOa, so that when the lever IIO during the followingtransaction is moved in the manner set forth above, its feed nosestrikes a tooth of the rack I05 and shifts the card frame I04 by onetooth to the right. This line spacing is effected at each transaction,the data of which are printed upon a separate line of the businessaccount card inserted.

If the printing table has reached the last line (i. e., for instance the26th) the table, after this line is imprinted, is still advanced by oneline. In so doing, a roller I38 on the rack I05 strikes the bevelled endof a slide I39 arranged to be shifted in two elongated slots I40 of thestationary plate IOI, and held by a spring MI in its forward position.The slide I39 is connected to a second slide I42 the ends thereof,respectively, being guided in a slot I43 of the plate IOI and in a slotI44 of a stationary plate I45. The plate I45 has attached thereto alocking slide I46 adapted to be shifted longitudinally and provided witha pin I4I engaged by the one arm of a bell crank lever I48 the other armof which is connected to a link I49. This link is connected by a linkageI66 to I69 to a detent I'I0 (Figs. 1, 2, and 9) the bevel surfaces ofwhich cooperate with the transaction keys II to I8 serving as releasekeys, in such a way that by depressing one of those release keys theslide I46 is moved to the right.

The slots I50 provided in the slide I45, enable detents I 5I of theledger key banks to rock, which movement is imparted to them by accountnumber or ledger keys I52 depressed. However, as soon as the slide I46,upon depression of a release key, has been moved to the right, thedetents I5I are faced by locking surfaces instead of gaps, so that theycan not move any further, that is, no account keys can be depressed orreleased, before the release key is released at the end of the machineoperation. This movement of the slide I46 is used also in connectionwith the slide I42. For this purpose the slide I46 has an extension I53positioned, by depressing a release key, in the path of the slide I42and moved out of the path of the slide I42 when the slide I48 returns.If, now, when the last line is passed, the slide I39 and in connectiontherewith the slide I42 is moved inward by means of the roller I38, theforward portion of the slide I42 comes into the path of the extensionI53 thus preventing the slide I46 from moving to the right, whereby alsothe machine release is prevented. That the last line of the businessaccount card has been imprinted and a fresh card has to be inserted, iscalled to the operators attention.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described, is admirablyadapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understoodthat it is not intended to confine the invention to the embodimentsherein disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various otherforms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a mechanismfor printing on a record material, a shiftable table for supporting saidrecord material, normally idly operating means ineffective to shift saidtable to line space the record material, a plurality of control keys,and means actuated by the item entry control keys and cooperable withthe shifting means to prevent the idle operation of the shifting meansto render the shifting means effective to shift the table.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a bank ofcontrol keys including keys allotted to two kinds of operations, aprinting means for recording data on record material, a shiftablesupport for said record material, means for line spacing said supportincluding a power-operated element operated during each machineoperation, and means actuated by the control keys allotted to one kindof operation for controlling the operation of the element to render theline spacing means operative during said one kind of operation of themachine; said control keys allotted to the other kind of operation beingineffective to actuate said means which controls the operation of theelement, to thereby cause the line spacing mechanism to be inactive insaid other kind of operation.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a controlmember, a printing mechanism for printing on a record material, ashiftable support for said record material and normally occupying a homeposition, normally inoperative means for shifting said support to linespace the record material, means controlled by the control member torender the shifting means operable, means to move the support out of itshome position to render the shifting means effective thereon, and meansrendered effective by the support, when it is shifted to a predeterminedposition, to prevent the operation of the control member.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a machinerelease key, a lock for said key, a printing mechanism for printing on arecord material, a shiftable support for said record material, means toline space the support, and means actuated by the support to move thelocking means to lock the key when the support has moved the recordmaterial past the last printing line, to retain the locking meanseffective while the support is in said position, and to release thelocking means for the key as soon as the support is moved out of saidposition.

5. In a machine of the class described having means to print on recordmaterial, the combination of shiftable means for supporting recordmaterial for movement relative to said printing means; means, includinga pivoted pawl, for

shiiting said support; an element shifted during each machine operation;a member pivoted intermediate its ends to the element and having one endconnected to the pawl; and blocking T means movable into engagement withthe other end of the member to cause the member to rock the pawl whenthe element is shifted.

6. In a machine of the class described having printing means and controlkeys, the combination of shiftable means for supporting record materialfor movement relative to the printing means; a member engageable withsaid support to shift the support to line-space the record material; apower-drivenslide operated in each machine operation; an element pivotedintermediate its ends to said slide and having one end connected to themember and the other end free, said element, when the slide is operated,normally pivoting about the end which is connected to the member; andblocking means, moved into blocking relation with the free end of saidelement by certain of said control keys, to cause the element; when theslide is operated, to pivot about the end which is blocked,- to therebycause the member to be operated to shift the record material supportingmeans.

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination of controldevices; printing means; means for supporting record material formovement relative to said printing means; means controlled by saidcontrol devices for shifting the support to line-space the recordmaterial, said shifting means being operable after the printing meanshas operated in a machine operation; and locking means for the controldevices, including a member shifted to blocking position by thesupporting means when it is line-spaced following a printing operationon a predetermined line on the record material, said member remaining inblocking position until the supporting means is moved from itslast-mentioned position.

ERNST BREI'I'LING.

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Patent No. 2,196,582. April 9, 191 0.

ERNST BREITLING.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specificationof the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 3,sec- 0nd column, line 25, claim 1, for the words "the item entry" read-certain of the--; and that the said Letters Patent should be reed withthis Y cor- 1 rection therein that the same may conform to the record ofthe case in the Patent Office. Y

Signed and. "sealed this tum day of June, A. 13.1191);

- Henry Van Ai sdale (Seal) Acting comm ie sioner of Patents.-

Patent No. 2, 196,582.

' CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

April 9,19 0.

ERNST BREIT LlNG.- It is hereby certified thaterrbr appears in theprinted. spekzifjxation of the above numbered patent requiringcorrection as follows: Page 3, sec- 0nd column, I line 25, c1a1m l, forthe words "the ite'm' entry" read "certain of the--' and that the saidLetters Patent shehld be reed with this-correction therein that the samemay conform to the record of the cese' in the' Patent Office. t 1 Signedand "sealed this hth day of June, A. DQ19110- I Henry. Van Arsdale(Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents.-

